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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2014-11-17 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Jason Kenney (Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, CPC)",
"fr": "L'hon. Jason Kenney (ministre de l\u2019Emploi et du D\u00e9veloppement social et ministre du Multiculturalisme, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3894533\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I think the question was criticizing the platform the member was elected on. The electors of Edmonton\u2014St. Albert sent him here to fight for income splitting, not to argue against it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3894534\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of broad-based tax relief, that is exactly what the government has done with over $200 billion in tax relief, saving the average family $3,400 a year\u2014that is before this most recent tax cut\u2014bringing the total federal tax burden down to its lowest level as a share of our economy since the 1950s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3894535\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are expanding the horizons of human freedom by reducing taxes, and we are proud of it.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3894533\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pense que dans sa question, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u00e9nonce le programme \u00e9lectoral qui lui a permis de se faire \u00e9lire. En effet, les \u00e9lecteurs d'Edmonton\u2014St. Albert l'ont choisi pour qu'il d\u00e9fende le fractionnement du revenu \u00e0 la Chambre, et non pour qu'il s'y oppose.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3894534\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est des mesures d'all\u00e9gement fiscal de port\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, je tiens \u00e0 mentionner que c'est exactement le type de mesures qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mises en oeuvre par le gouvernement. Ainsi, nous avons consenti plus de 200 milliards de dollars en all\u00e9gements fiscaux, ce qui permet \u00e0 la famille moyenne d'\u00e9conomiser 3 400 $ par ann\u00e9e \u2014 et \u00e7a, c'\u00e9tait avant la plus r\u00e9cente r\u00e9duction d'imp\u00f4t. Par rapport \u00e0 notre \u00e9conomie, le fardeau fiscal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral total est \u00e0 son plus bas niveau depuis les ann\u00e9es 1950.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3894535\" data-originallang=\"en\">En r\u00e9duisant ainsi les imp\u00f4ts, nous \u00e9largissons la port\u00e9e de la libert\u00e9 humaine, et nous en sommes fiers.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/11/17/jason-kenney-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jason-kenney/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1240/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8505593",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/11/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2F"
}
}